Development of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE, EC 3.4.15.1) inhibitory peptides from food protein is under extensive research as alternative for the prevention of hypertension. However, it is difficult to identify peptides released from food sources. To accelerate the progress of peptide identification, a three layer back propagation neural network model was established to predict the ACE...

Brain ANG II plays an important role in modulating sympathetic function and homeostasis. The generation and degradation of ANG II are carried out, to a large extent, through the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and ACE2, respectively. In disease states, such as hypertension and chronic heart failure, central expression of ACE is upregulated and ACE2 is decreased in central sympathoregulatory...

Synthetic angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE-I) inhibitors can have undesirable side effects, while natural inhibitors have no side effects and are potential nutraceuticals. A protein-rich fraction from chia (Salvia hispanica L.) seed was hydrolyzed with an Alcalase-Flavourzyme sequential system and the hydrolysate ultrafiltered through four molecular weight cut-off membranes (1 kDa, 3 kDa, 5...

Previous studies revealed that mAb BB9 reacts with a subset of CD34(+) human BM cells with hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) characteristics. Here we map BB9 expression throughout hematopoietic development and show that the earliest definitive HSCs that arise at the ventral wall of the aorta and surrounding endothelial cells are BB9(+). Thereafter, BB9 is expressed by primitive hematopoietic cells ...

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in bioactive peptides derived from food proteins, which might benefit human health. Pitaya and jiotilla are fruits with demonstrated biological functions its stem, peel, pulp. However, no studies have conducted to evaluate the peptides. The aim of this study was determine biofunctional properties (antioxidant, antihypertensive, antidiabetic ...

pregabalin (prg) is a new antiepileptic drug and aceclofenac (ace) is a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. these drugs in combination are used for treatment of partial seizures and neuropathic pains. a simple and precise assay method by rp-hplc was developed and validated for estimation of prg and ace in acenac-n tablet. analyses of commercial tablet, acenac-n were performed using jas...

Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is frequently reported in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) in emergency care. Pneumocyte apoptosis is commonly observed in the lungs following an APE. An important pathological mechanism evoking apoptosis during a lipopolysaccharide‑induced acute lung injury is the angiotensin‑converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)/ACE imbalance. The present study uses a porcine model to exa...

Angiotensin I–converting enzyme (ACE, EC 3.4.15.1) is a zinc metalloprotease of the gluzincin family.1 Gluzincins characterized to date include thermolysin-like enzymes in Gram-positive and -negative bacteria (M4 family), mycolysin from Streptomyces (M5), botulinum neurotoxin (M27), a family of aminopeptidases (M1), neprilysin-like enzymes (M13), and ACE (M2). Of these, some of the neprilysin-l...

An 86-kDa homodimeric angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory protein designated as LTP was isolated from fruit bodies of the mushroom Leucopaxillus tricolor. The isolation procedure involved ultrafiltration through a membrane with a molecular weight cutoff of 10-kDa, ion exchange chromatography on Q-Sepharose, and finally fast protein liquid chromatography-gel filtration on Superdex 7...